Rifat Pasha

Rifat Pasha was a general of the Khedivate of Egypt during the mid-19th century, who commanded the Egyptian army that massacred the French at the Battle of Suez in 1841.

Biography
Rifat Pasha was born in the Egypt Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire, and became a general of the Khedivate of Egypt after 1836. In 1841, he was responsible for leading the Egyptian army that massacred French General Thierry Humbert's force of nearly 15,000 troops at Suez on 16 September.